Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Aug 12: A person working for a boat that was hired on a contract basis to clean up pollutants from the sea at the port at Panambur drowned in the sea on Tuesday August 11.
The deceased was Pradeep (42), a resident of Meenakaliya near Bykampady here.
Pradeep worked for a company that had taken the boat on a contract basis. It is said that he was taken away by the staff of the contracting company on Tuesday morning. The police suspect that his death might have occurred because of the failure to take enough safety measures when he went down into the sea.
A case has been filed against the said company at Panambur police station.